{"cve":"CVE-2026-23399","nvd":{"published":"2026-03-28T08:15:56.720","modified":"2026-10-15T02:18:55.337","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnf_tables: nft_dynset: fix possible stateful expression memleak in error path\n\nIf cloning the second stateful expression in the element via GFP_ATOMIC\nfails, then the first stateful expression remains in place without being\nreleased.\n\n   unreferenced object (percpu) 0x607b97e9cab8 (size 16):\n     comm \"softirq\", pid 0, jiffies 4294931867\n     hex dump (first 16 bytes on cpu 3):\n       00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00\n     backtrace (crc 0):\n       pcpu_alloc_noprof+0x453/0xd80\n       nft_counter_clone+0x9c/0x190 [nf_tables]\n       nft_expr_clone+0x8f/0x1b0 [nf_tables]\n       nft_dynset_new+0x2cb/0x5f0 [nf_tables]\n       nft_rhash_update+0x236/0x11c0 [nf_tables]\n       nft_dynset_eval+0x11f/0x670 [nf_tables]\n       nft_do_chain+0x253/0x1700 [nf_tables]\n       nft_do_chain_ipv4+0x18d/0x270 [nf_tables]\n       nf_hook_slow+0xaa/0x1e0\n       ip_local_deliver+0x209/0x330","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0548a13b5a145b16e4da0628b5936baf35f51b43","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31641c682db73353e4647e40735c7f2a75ff58ef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4357dbb1d9c35ca0b4443d71c98a48e6666f7689","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c88a9fd26cee365bec932196f76175772a941cca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1354873cbe3b344899c4311ac05897fd83e3f21"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:28:18.033120106+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23399","score":0.00133,"percentile":0.02778,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}